“Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been told he must accept a radical overhaul of his backroom staff and the structure of the club if he wants to remain in charge for another two years, sources close to the club have told ESPN FC.Sources have said that the delay in making a decision on the future of Wenger, who is out of contract in the summer, has been due to an internal move to try and ease the control he has built up over his two decades in charge.”

This seems like a plausible scenario regarding what is currently going on. The board lacks the spine to do what really needs to be done (hire a new manager) but even they surely realize that the status quo is untenable. So insisting on all these changes represents an easy way out for them.

I guess our hope should be that Wenger is so proud and stubborn that he chooses to retire rather than accept a club restructuring.

This seems like a plausible scenario regarding what is currently going on. The board lacks the spine to do what really needs to be done (hire a new manager) but even they surely realize that the status quo is untenable. So insisting on all these changes represents an easy way out for them.

I guess our hope should be that Wenger is so proud and stubborn that he chooses to retire rather than accept a club restructuring.

This is my best guess as to the situation too. It’s the most plausible, which is why I think excessive criticism of Gazidis by some is actually unjust. I think he’s the one most likely pushing for change but is facing two nearly immovable objects in Wenger and (Stan) Kroenke.

I did use to subscribe to the ‘Gazidis is a Wenger stooge’ theory but the recent course of events has changed that. Gazidis is the next best hope for this club going forward!

I assume therefore he’s pro the director of football model, I’m more against this than for it, but the prime objective remains the same and that is making Wenger’s position untenable so that the man decides ‘himself’ that he wants to leave.

If anyone fancies a good laugh, The Spectator (of all the publications?!) have delivered. The first line reads: “I had 20 good years supporting Manchester United but now I follow Arsenal, and I find the treatment of the magnificent Arsène Wenger by large sections of my fellow fans mystifying and depressing.” I’m hoping it’s satire, but I’m really not sure.

If anyone fancies a good laugh, The Spectator (of all the publications?!) have delivered. The first line reads: “I had 20 good years supporting Manchester United but now I follow Arsenal, and I find the treatment of the magnificent Arsène Wenger by large sections of my fellow fans mystifying and depressing.” I’m hoping it’s satire, but I’m really not sure.

That really is one of the worst articles I have ever read about football.

He has a go at supporters for criticising their own club and manager for daring to question what is going on, and then goes on to say why people don’t need to support the same club if a better club comes along.

Someone should explain to him that the supporters are the club, and they are the only thing that remains constant.
Not the players, managers or owners, who in a lot of cases aren’t supporters, just mercenaries or opportunists.

Also, If people invest their time and money going to matches and buying merchandise then, if things aren’t going well, they have every right to complain.

The fact he swapped from Man U to Arsenal tells you everything you need to know about this idiot.

“What I like most about supporting Arsenal is the football. The club win most of their games but never sacrifice style and flair for the deadening pragmatism of results. Wenger wants only to play and to win beautifully, and in an ugly world that is something I find uplifting.”

So not only does this guy totally fail to understand what it means to be a fan, it turns out he either doesn’t watch our matches or he completely lacks the ability to analyse what is happening right in front of him.

Yeah, I don’t get it either. If I knew how to do so I would’ve changed to City. [quote=“Oliver, post:6637, topic:125”]
Couldn’t really imagine applying it to any other aspect of life.
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Yeah, it’s really too bad, I find it way too easy to transfer sentiments from one girl to anther, or discard/change friends, or if I could I would easily swap family members. But in football it’s impossible, sadly.